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A.U.A. Language Center poster 83n: w, 1957 US poster: A pronunciation chart in a language-teaching set

A.U.A. Language Center poster 83n: w (English-language poster distributed in Bangkok)

A pronunciation chart in a language-teaching set. A grey side-view diagram of the mouth shows lips, teeth, palate and a cross-hatched tongue positioned for the sound w, with 'w' printed at lower left and the line 'A.U.A. Language Center' below. The poster teaches English pronunciation and makes no political argument. The tell is transfer, only weakly: the instruction carries the language centre's name as its institutional authority.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
January 1, 1957
Period
Cold War
Made by
A.U.A. Language Center; U.S. Information Agency, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Eisenhower Administration
Leader
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Warn or inform
Theme
Science and technology
Event
Cold War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
NARA RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948930, 306-PPB-83n).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

w

A.U.A. Language Center

Letter symbols transcribed as printed; no other text on the sheet.

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